Wisconsin State Ladies Retreat

We left at 6 am for Green Lake, Wisconsin where the retreat was held.  It was the first year at this location. Ever since 1982 the ladies have been meeting one year at Maranatha and the next year at Northland.  The move was made to a conference center that is a hotel (no more bunk beds).  Interesting enough the meetings were held in Pillsbury Hall.

There were seven of us that were able to attend.  Connie and Kathy were enjoying dessert.

Kathy  was commenting on Beth's BIG dish of dessert.

Mabel and Bonnita stopped eating for a minute to smile!

Martha didn't ride with us because she left early and rode with her mom and sisters.

The meetings and workshops were outstanding.  The speaker was Faith Taylor from Simpsonville, South Carolina. Even though she missed her connecting flight and got in late, those in charge "adjusted" and you never would have known of the "kaffuffle."  I had the priviledge of playing the Steinway grand piano.  Although, my reoccuring dream (nightmare) came to life - the piano started moving away as I was playing.  I guess the same thing happened to Debbie Tapp as she was playing for our trio.  We just kept singing and she followed the piano as it moved.  We all had a good laugh!!  The moral to the story is:  make sure there are brakes on the wheels of a piano that is on wheels.

Another blessing of the retreat was being able to see a group of ladies from the church in Monroe where Dwight was the interim pastor for a year while we lived in Rockford.  It was wonderful to hear how the Lord is blessing that little church.  They have done alot of improvements to the building and were so excited to tell about it.  The biggest blessing was to hear about several of the young people.  One young man that Dwight had the priviledge of baptizing is a student at Maranatha.  Another young lady that dealt with a moral problem, is now graduating with her Master's degree and liviing for the Lord.  I guess I have to say again, "You just NEVER know."